Latest Fact Checks

No, this photo does not show fallen Army pilot posing with Biden

February 3, 2025

Photo shows Black Hawk helicopter pilot in fatal crash worked for years with President Joe Biden at the White House.

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No, this Capitol rioter wasn’t killed after Trump pardoned her; she was never charged (or pardoned)

January 31, 2025

A Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was “killed when she used her 2A rights with a shotgun while being…

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No, this isn’t an authentic warning about a couple wanted in the killing of three police officers

January 31, 2025

“A dangerous Hispanic couple” is “on the run after killing 3 female police officers.”

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Video purportedly showing Donald Trump announcing visa ban for Nigerians is altered

January 31, 2025

Video shows “Donald Trump just announced that America will no longer give visas to Nigerians.”

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Claim about Trump ‘furious’ with Musk for ‘convincing him to push out’ FAA chief started as satire

January 31, 2025

“Donald Trump is reportedly furious with Elon Musk for convincing him to push out the head of the FAA because Musk was mad SpaceX got…

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¿ICE arrestó a un hombre con una camisa que dice ‘Latinos for Trump 2024’? Esta foto fue editada

By Maria Briceño

January 31, 2025

Imagen muestra a oficiales de inmigración arrestando a un hombre vestido con una camisa de “Latinos for Trump 2024”.

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Trump faults DEI hiring in plane crash and falsely describes FAA policies under Obama, Biden

By Caleb McCullough , Maria Ramirez Uribe

January 31, 2025

“I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) ... And then Biden came in and he changed it.”

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ICE tip line not paused because of reports about Musk, claim started as satire

January 31, 2025

“ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting…

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No, the bishop who urged President Donald Trump to have ‘mercy’ hasn’t been pushed out

January 31, 2025

“The Episcopal Archdiocese of Washington has removed” Bishop Mariann Budde “from the National Cathedral.”

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Social media posts misidentify transgender pilot Jo Ellis as a crew member on Black Hawk helicopter

By Loreben Tuquero

January 31, 2025

“Pilot of Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into passenger jet at Reagan National was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis.”

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Does California give more than it gets on federal disaster aid? Fact-checking Sen. Adam Schiff

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

January 31, 2025

“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”

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Karoline Leavitt blames Biden for egg shortage, but killing infected birds was Trump’s policy, too

January 30, 2025

The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”

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